Lynn Polvino, a children's books editor at a Manhattan-based publishing house, was rightfully shocked by what she read when her daughter asked for help filling out a vocabulary worksheet about a mom returning to work. Polvino deftly put her editing skills to good use, righting multiple wrongs in one assignment.

You can see why this mom was outraged, as the assignment clearly implies moms should feel guilty for working, kids are at a complete disadvantage without mom anchored to the home, and dads are utterly useless.

Polvino shared her thoughts with Today:

"It just pushed so many buttons for me, and with each sentence it managed to get worse! My shock and dismay quickly turned to outrage. I mean, what decade are we in, anyway? In this day and age, we're going to tell kids that mothers working outside the home makes their children and families unhappy? That fathers don't normally do things like cook and wash the dishes?"

Polvino didn't send her update in to class, but she did email her daughter's teacher to voice her concerns. Luckily, the teacher agreed. Polvino explained in a comment she left for her friends and readers:

She's so right. Moms shouldn't ever feel guilty for providing for their families, while, at the same time, modeling for their kids that having a family and a career aren't mutually exclusive. Is it easy? No. Is it incredibly important? Yes.

Of course, there are many parts of Polvino's assignment that are still works of fiction in plenty of areas: paid paternity leave, small student-to-teacher ratios in state-of-the-art public classrooms, teachers who are well-paid. But planting those ideas in the minds of eager, ambitious, and impressionable young people could be the best way to bring them to fruition for future generations.